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Honda boasts that its ninth generation Civic is more confident, clever, and versatile. It makes its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Honda says that the new Civic hatchback will offer stand-out looks combined with class-leading space for passengers and luggage – and will continue to deliver peace of mind with low running costs, through Honda’s famed and unparalleled reliability.

Honda is reducing prices across its car range for 2011, effective immediately. The rate of reduction varies across the range but the biggest cut of six per cent applies to the Civic hatchback series. It should be noted that all prices that Honda quotes exclude metallic paint, as well as delivery and related charges.

The introduction of two new hybrid cars are among the highlights of 2010 for Honda cars. The Insight five-door hatchback has already arrived, while the exciting CR-Z sport coupe will be here in the summer. The new Insight is a tax band A car with an entry level starting price of €22,378 (incl VRT refund).

Fifteen years old Noel Murphy from Shrule Co. Mayo was recently awarded the Keegan Cup. The cup is for drivers aged between 14-16 who take part in the National Autocross Championship. He began 2009 at the wheel of a Honda Civic while his new Nissan Micra was being built. It all took off in March with the first round of the National Autocross Championship in Birr. This was a baptism of fire for the young man as he won his class by a comfortable margin. “Start as you mean to continue”, as they say, and this is what he did, winning the second round at the Cork Autocross and finishing an incredible 15th overall in his 1.4 litre Honda.

Judges Car Sales is confident that its Honda range, which offers a new and exciting line-up of cars going into 2010, will deliver increased sales. Recent awards for Honda, including ones for the most reliable cars, the most reliable brand, and the safest range of cars, will also help sales in 2010. Honda Jazz has recently won the Continental Irish Car of the Year 2010, and Honda Accord was runner-up to Mercedes E-Class in the Irish Continental Luxury Car of the Year 2010. The introduction of two new hybrid cars and the welcome return of Civic type S three-door version all add up to what makes it a very promising year for the Honda brand.

The Honda Civic has been re-assessed as one of Europes safest cars according to the new independent crash testing results from Euro NCAP.

The Honda Civic Type R is manufactured in England, but in a move that is nearly tantamount to selling sand to Arabs, it will be exported to Japan from next year. The acclaimed 3-door hot hatch, is to be shipped to Japan where it will go on sale during 2010.

The jury in a trial heard yesterday how a young woman narrowly avoided being crushed by an out-of-control vehicle by leaping into a stairwell and then cowering from a shower of broken car parts.

A jury in a trial which heard how a young motorist had been killed when his car collided with a steel signpost has acquitted a man of the charge of dangerous driving causing death.